Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the declined 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which rose 1.33% or 0.22 points to trade at 16.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (ELI:) added 0.94% or 0.14 points to end at 14.96 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:) was unchanged 0.11% or 0.00 points to 0.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (ELI:), which fell 2.75% or 0.20 points to trade at 7.06 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:) declined 2.32% or 0.06 points to end at 2.53 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:) was down 2.22% or 0.31 points to 13.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 5 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.55% or 1.13 to $74.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.88% or 1.29 to hit $69.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.70 to trade at $2,735.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 103.75.
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